1 Against the Priests and rulers of Israel. 13 The help of man is in vain.

O ye Priests, hear this, and hearken ye, O house of Israel, and give ye ear, O house of the King: for judgment is toward you, because you have been a [a]snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Yet they were profound to decline to [b]slaughter, though I have been a [c]rebuker of them all.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:1 The Priests and Princes caught the poor people in their snares, as the fowlers did the birds, in these two high mountains.
  2. Hosea 5:2 Notwithstanding they seemed to be given altogether to holiness, and to sacrifices which here he calleth slaughter in contempt.
  3. Hosea 5:2 Though I had admonished them continually by my Prophets.

Judgment Against Israel

“Hear this, you priests!
    Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
    This judgment(A) is against you:
You have been a snare(B) at Mizpah,
    a net(C) spread out on Tabor.
The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.(D)
    I will discipline all of them.(E)

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